Samuweli Oopacerya
13 Sawuli aarina iyaakha . . .* okathi aakhalihiwe awe mwene,+ nave aahilamulela wIsarayeli iyaakha piili. 2 Sawuli aahaathanla alopwana 3.000 eriyari ya atthu a Isarayeli. Alopwana 2.000 yaahanle ni Sawuli oMikimaaxi, muttetthe wa omiyaakoni wa oBeteli, nave alopwana 1.000 yaahanle ni Yonathani+ oXibeya+ wa Beniyamini. Owo aahaaruma alopwana akina yaahanle, khula mutthu otthikela mutentani* mwawe. 3 Yonathani aahixintta ekurupu ya anakhotto afilisti+ yaari oXeeba,+ nto afilisti yaahisuwela eyo. Moottharelana, Sawuli aahiruma woopiwa nlope,+ elapo yootheene oriki: “Aheeperi yiiwe!” 4 Atthu ootheene a Isarayeli yaahiiwa ihapari iya: “Sawuli ooxintta ekurupu ya anakhotto ya afilisti, vano afilisti annaanyokha atthu a Isarayeli”. Nto, atthu yaahileeliwa wiira amutthare Sawuli oXiligali.+
5 Afilisti yaahithukumana wiira yawane ni atthu a Isarayeli. Awo yaari ni ikaaro sa ikhotto 30.000, anakhavalo 6.000, ni ekurupu ya anakhotto oowaatta ntoko mihaava sa ophareya.+ Nto yaahiwela ni yaahimaka oMikimaaxi, mpantta onikhuma nsuwa wa oBethi-Aveni.+ 6 Alopwana a Isarayeli yaahoona wiira yaahivela-vela vanceene, okhala wiira yaari mmaxakhani. Nto atthu yaahiipitha mmakhukuni,+ mphakani, opuro waari myala, mapuro oothimpwa ni mmalittini. 7 Hata aheeperi akina yaahilapuwa muro Yordani, etthyawelaka elapo ya oGadi ni oXileyaadi.+ Masi Sawuli nlelo aahanle oXiligali, nave atthu yaamutthara yaanithukumela ni woova. 8 Sawuli aahithipelela olipelela mahiku 7 mpakha okathi Samuweli aathanlale awe, masi Samuweli khaaronwe oXiligali, nave atthu yaahipacerya omwara-mwareya amuhiyaka Sawuli. 9 Wookiseryani waya, Sawuli aahihimya wiira: “Mukiruuhele mukuttho woopahiwa ni mikuttho sa opatthani”. Nto Sawuli aahivaha mukuttho para opahiwa.+
10 Masi, Sawuli omalaka-ru ovaha mukuttho woopahiwa, Samuweli aahiphiya. Vano Sawuli aahirowa okumana ni Samuweli, onamukoha ihaali. 11 Samuweli aahimukoha wiira: “Mpanke-ni?” Sawuli aahaakhula oriki: “Kaahiweha wiira atthu yaanikihiya,+ ni nyuwo khamwaaphiyale okathi mwaathanlale anyu, nave afilisti yaanithukumana oMikimaaxi.+ 12 Nto kaahuupuwela wiira: ‘Afilisti anookituphela oXiligali, nave nkinatthi onvekela Yehova wiira okikhaliherye’. Tivo kaahoona wiira kaahaana ovaha mukuttho woopahiwa”.
13 Samuweli aahimuleela Sawuli wiira: “Nyuwo muhiira itthu seelolo. Khamwiiwelenle yooruma ya Yehova, Muluku anyu, yeeyo oovanhaaweni.+ Mwaiwelenle, Yehova aamulipiha omwene anyu wIsarayeli mahiku ootheene. 14 Masi vano omwene anyu khonrowa opisa.+ Yehova onomphwanya mulopwana yoowo onrowa omuhakalalihaka murima awe.+ Yehova onoomuthanla wiira aahooleleke atthu awe,+ maana nyuwo khamwiiwelenle yooruma ya Yehova”.+
15 Moottharelana, Samuweli aahivenya oXiligali, onarowa oXibeya wa Beniyamini. Nto Sawuli aahaakontari alopwana aahalanne awe, aaphwanya alopwana 600.+ 16 Sawuli, ni mwanawe Yonathani, ni atthu yaahanle naawo, yaahimaka oXeeba+ wa Beniyamini. Vano afilisti yiira amanke ene oMikimaaxi.+ 17 Atoropa a afilisti, yaahikawanyiwa ikurupu tthaaru. Ekurupu emosa yaahikela estaraata yaarowa wOfra, mulaponi mwa oXuwali; 18 ekurupu ya nenli yaahikela estaraata ya oBethi-Horoni;+ nave ekurupu ya neeraru yaahikela estaraata yaarowa omukanoni waawehana ni nxepa na oSeboyimi, erowaka woothakoni.
19 Mulaponi mootheene mwa atthu a Isarayeli, khaakhanle mulipa-oohana iyuuma, maana afilisti yaahihimya wiira: “Nihaahiye aheeperi apakaka ispaata* aahiiso mavaka”. 20 Nto aisarayeli ootheene yaahaana orowa wa afilisti wiira yanoneke ixaruwa* saya, ihipa saya, amaxatto aya, aahiiso ifoise* saya. 21 Musurukhu waaliviwa wiira sinoniwe ixaruwa, ihipa, ansiinyu a maino mararu, amaxatto, vamosa ni olipiha ikaruma sa eyuuma, waakhala etthu yoowiiraka ikarama 8 sa eparatha.* 22 Nto khula okathi yaawaniwa aya ekhotto, atthu yaari ni Sawuli ni Yonathani, khuuvo aarina espaata aahiiso nivaka. Sawuli ni Yonathani+ paahi ti yaarina ikaruma sa ekhotto.
23 Vano ekurupu ya anakhotto ya afilisti yaahirowa weemela mphironi oMikimaaxi.+